Narcotics

Law enforcement agencies registered 148,063 narcotics cases in 2025, a 53% increase from the previous year, according to the Narcotics Control Bureau’s annual report released on Friday.

May 25, 2026 Reported by AI

India is pursuing the extradition of two wanted men from Turkey, weeks after securing the return of an alleged drug trafficker linked to Dawood Ibrahim.

A 21-year-old man was detained in Neiva for allegedly distributing narcotics in small quantities. The arrest took place in the Falla Bernal neighborhood during a police operation. Authorities found 83 doses of bazuco on him.

February 25, 2026 Reported by AI

Chairman of DPR RI Commission III, Habiburokhman, has stated that his commission is not intervening in the case of crew members (ABK) from the Sea Dragon Terawa ship carrying nearly 2 tons of methamphetamine at the Batam District Court. Prosecutors from the Batam District Prosecutor's Office (JPU Kejari) are insisting on the death penalty for six defendants, including Fandi Ramadhan, despite criticism from Habiburokhman. He emphasized that the death penalty should be applied selectively in accordance with the Criminal Code (KUHP).

The national narcotics agency (bnn) has captured interpol fugitive dewi astutik alias pa in sihanoukville, cambodia, on december 1, 2025. The arrest stems from the uncovering of a 2.3 kg heroin smuggling case at soekarno-hatta airport. Bnn is now probing possible links between dewi and drug lord fredy pratama, though unconfirmed.

November 07, 2025 Reported by AI

Mumbai police have arrested retired assistant sub-inspector Sanjay Jagtap for allegedly approving a passport application based on forged documents in 2023. The case involves a notorious narcotics offender who fled the country after obtaining the passport. Three others were previously arrested in connection with the fraud.